Alfonso Paso

Spanish lyricist, dramatist (1926 – 1978). Son of Antonio Paso Cano. He wrote over a hundred plays, mainly light comedies, sometimes laced with black humour and tragedy. There were also police dramas and examples of what he called "social theatre". He was known for the well crafted complexity of his plots and for the originality of his situations and characters. He dared to release a single singing "Así soy yo".